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PONNARASU.S June 2, 2020 Date of Birth : 20th April 1975 Plot no 69, Aroma Garden, Auroville, Near Edayanchavadi village, Tel (Mobile) : (+91) 94441 76367 Vanur Taluk, E-mail : [email protected] Pondicherry – 605110 Passport no : L7611621 India Present position Archive Project Leader, Historical Archive of IIT Madras. Affiliated Researcher, French Institute of Pondicherry Scholarships & Awards Received funding from Endangered Archives Programme (British Library-Arcadia) for the project “EAP1160 - Documenting royalty through the changing political culture in Kongu Nadu, South India, 1400-1950”. August 2018- July 2019. (£15,792). Invited to deliver a seminar presentation at the Centre for Historical Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, on 25th September 2017, Hong Kong. (20000 HKD) Received funding from Endangered Archives Programme (British Library-Arcadia) for the project “EAP 689 Constituting a digital archive of Tamil agrarian history during the colonial period – Phase II”, in collaboration with Dr. Zoe Headley. January 2014- December 2015. (£44,330) Received funding from Endangered Archives Programme (British Library-Arcadia) for the project “EAP 458 Constituting a digital archive of Tamil agrarian history during the colonial period”, in collaboration with Dr. Zoe Headley. July 2011- June 2013. (£42,032) Doctoral scholarship for Indian student. Department of Social Sciences, French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP), India. April 2011- March 2014. (Rs. 9 Lakh) Passed the ‘National Educational Test- Eligibility for Lectureship’, conducted by the University Grants Commission in June 2013. Qualifications PhD in Social Anthropology, Dept. of Anthropology, Pondicherry University. Thesis title “An ethnohistorical study of the Chieftains among the Kongu Vellala community in South India”. April 2018. M.A in Anthropology, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Madras, Chennai. May 1998. Publications and Dissertations Carswell, G, De Neve, G, Ponnarasu, S. Good debts, bad debts: Microcredit and managing debt in rural south India. Journal of Agrarian Change. 2020; 1– 21. PONNARASU.S June 2, 2020 Rituals and Sacred legitimacy: the receptacle of authority. (submitted to Contributions to Indian Sociology, April 2019, comments received on February 2020, working on the comments). Titles and territories: the political legacy of the Palaiyakkarar. (submitted to Eastern Anthropologist, January 2019, comments received on November 2019, working on the comments) An ethnohistorical study of the Chieftains among the Kongu Vellala community in South India. Ph.D Thesis submitted to the Pondicherry University. Jan 2017. Bonded labourers and labour standards. The social fabric of dependence. Isabelle Guérin, S. Ponnarasu, G. Venkatasubramanian, Sébastien Michiels.In Global Labour Journal. Volume 3, Issue 1 (January) 2012. Impact assessment of the Peblisa project in Tamil Nadu, Roesch M., Guerin I., Kumar S., Thanuja M., Venkatasubramanian, and Ponnarasu S. Report f o r t h e International Labour Organisation, Pondicherry: French Institute of Pondicherry. June 2007. Labour force management in Nerkalam and Rice Mills in Tamil Nadu: a sector-based analysis, Roesch M., Guerin I., Thanuja M., Venkatasubramanian, and Ponnarasu. S. Report for the International Labour Organisation, Pondicherry: French Institute of Pondicherry. 2006. Indebtedness, Vulnerability to Bondage and Microfinance, Augendra Bhukuth, Isabelle Guérin, Jean-Michel Servet, Kamala Marius-Gnanou, S. Parthesarathy, S. Ponnarasu, and Venkatasubramanian., Report for the International Labour Organisation (Social Finance Unit), Pondicherry: French Institute of Pondicherry (Microfinance Research Programme). 2004. Economy of t h e K adars: A study in Erumaiparai settlement of Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu. Ponnarasu S and Reddy, P.G. S. In Vanyajati, XLVIII :3. 2001. Economic Organisation among the Kadars of Erumaparai settlement, M.A. dissertation: based on fieldwork in Anamalai hills, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu. 1998. Paper Presented at Conferences / Workshops Legacy and authority through entangled temporalities: the palaiyakkarars and pattakkarars of South India, presented the paper in the summer school Timescapes and Temporalities of the Global South, 31st of July until 3rd of August 2018 in Tübingen. Germany. Legacy and memory: Royal photography in establishing authority, presented the paper in the 25th European Conference on South Asian Studies (ECSAS), Panel 22 - Producing and Consuming Photography in South Asia (1840-1980), Paris 24 - 27 July 2018, France. PONNARASU.S June 2, 2020 Documents, Rituals and the Lineage of Authority: the Legacy of the Palaiyakkarar (territorial governor) among the Tamils of South India and Digital Archive of Tamil Agrarian History (DATAH) presented at the Centre for Historical Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 25th September 2017, Hong Kong, China. Territorial boundaries of caste: an ethnohistorical perspective on Kongu Nadu, presented at the 8th Annual International Tamil Studies Conference, ‘In Many Worlds: Kudi/Kudiyurimai, Citizenship & Belonging’. May 17-18, 2014, University of Toronto, Canada. Territorial boundaries of caste: an ethnohistorical perspective on Kongu Nadu, presented at the 15th Workshop Young Researchers, Association Jeunes Etudes Indiennes – “Borders in South Asia: territories, identities, mobilizations”, 4th – 7th March 2013, Kolkata, India. Caste, Land and Customs, a film presented at the International Seminar on Documenting Through Film in Social Sciences. February 21-22, 2013, Pondicherry University and French Institute of Pondicherry. Pondicherry, India. Dynamics in the social construction of Territorial identity: An ethnohistorical Study of Kongu Nadu, presented at the Indian Anthropological Congress: 2013- Focal Theme: Anthropology and the Future of Humankind, February 14-16, 2013, Kannur University, Kerela, India. Transformation and Continuation of Agrarian Power Structures: Ethnohistory of Kongu Nadu palayakkarars, presented at the Research in Tamil Studies: A Platform for Dialogue, September 24 - 25, 2012, French Institute of Pondicherry, Pondicherry, India. Reflections on Royal Lineages and History: A Case Study among the Palayakarars of Kongu Nadu, presented at the 7th Annual International Tamil Studies Conference, ‘Traces of the Past’. May 11 - 12, 2012, University of Toronto, Canada. Over indebtedness and its effect on village economy of Pazhaverkadu region, presented at a workshop on “Over indebtedness in fishing village economy”, French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP) on March 23, 2009. Pondicherry, with Roesch M., Venkatasubramanian. Pondicherry, India. Aspects of Identity, Territory and Space among Folk Media Practitioners in Tamil Nadu, presented at the International Indo-French Workshop on Identity and Territory in India, University of Calcutta, Kolkatta, 19-20 February 2003. India. Research Experience - Own research project (s) - “EAP1160 - Documenting royalty through the changing political culture in Kongu Nadu, South India, 1400-1950”. (£15,792) Status: Principle Investigator Host Institution: Independent Researcher. Project Head: Dr Ponnarasu.S Dates: One Year (August 2018- July 2019) PONNARASU.S June 2, 2020 - Collective research projects - EAP737 "Representing self and family. Preserving early Tamil studio portraiture" Status: Research Engineer Host Institution: Department of Social Science, French Institute of Pondicherry. Project Head: Dr Zoe Headley Dates: Seven months (December 2015- June 2016) EAP689 "Constituting a digital archive of Tamil agrarian history during the colonial period - Phase II" Status: Co-Investigator Host Institution: Department of Social Science, French Institute of Pondicherry. Project Head: Dr Zoe Headley Dates: Two year (January 2014- December 2015) EAP458 "Constituting a digital archive of Tamil agrarian history during the colonial period" Status: Co-Investigator Host Institution: Department of Social Science, French Institute of Pondicherry. Project Head: Dr Zoe Headley Dates: Two year (July 2011-June 2013) EAP314 "Rescuing Tamil customary law: locating and copying endangered records of village judicial assemblies (1870-1940)" Status: Research Engineer Host Institution: Department of Social Science, French Institute of Pondicherry. Project Head: Dr Zoe Headley Dates: One year (January 2010-December 2010) Transforming Livelihoods: work, migration and poverty in the Tiruppur garment cluster Status: Research Assistant Institution: Department of Social Science, French Institute of Pondicherry. Project head: Dr. Geert De Neve & Dr. Grace Carswell Dates: Six months (July 2009 to December 2009) Rural Microfinance and Employment (RUME). Status: Research Engineer Institution: Department of Social Science, French Institute of Pondicherry. Project head: Dr. Isabelle Guerin (IRD) Dates: 1 year (July 2008 to June 2009) Microfinance and debt bondage (part of the programme Microfinance and socially sustainable development) Status: Research Assistant Institution: Department of Social Science, French Institute of Pondicherry. Project head: Dr. Isabelle Guerin Dates: 2 years 10 months (August 2004 to June 2007) PONNARASU.S June 2, 2020 Folk Media for Communication and Dissemination of Developmental Information Status: Project Fellow Institution: UGC Major Research Project, Department of Anthropology, University of Madras Project head: Prof. M.A.Kalam Dates: 2 years (February 2002 to February 2004) Mangrove conservation and management: